Bondi Beach Post Office, Heritage post office in Bondi Beach, Australia
Bondi Beach Post Office stands at 20 Hall Street, corner Jaques Avenue, with a diagonally angled entry porch framed by a pair of Tuscan columns and a cement rendered entablature. Both street frontages have three sets of double-hung sash windows divided by brick pilasters with rendered capitals and bases, separated by rusticated face-brick piers. Additions to the Hall Street section were made in 1934.
The building was completed in 1922 when Bondi was rapidly expanding and needed improved postal services. It was part of a series of public buildings that the government constructed in growing areas.
The post office's name comes from its location on Hall Street in Bondi Beach, a suburb that became a family seaside resort after the 1880s. Its corner porch, framed by Tuscan columns, was originally open and lit by small rectangular windows; it has since been enclosed to form the Postal Manager's office, reached from the retail area.
The building stands at the corner of Hall Street and Jacques Avenue, in a busy area of the neighborhood. Visitors can walk by anytime and admire the exterior while the building continues to operate as an active post office.
The entry porch is set diagonally across the street corner, framed by a pair of Tuscan columns on cement-rendered pedestals, with a flat aluminium-surfaced roof hidden behind a parapet. The former porch interior now serves as the Postal Manager's office, reached from the retail area.
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